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JI'eJett County cfttl'al'y
349 north 2nter Street
Statedvdle, north Carohna
A Children's Story Hour p~~ gram was initiated and proved
to be a successful summer service at the Iredell County Libr. ry
in Statesville. The story hours began with the closing of
Bible Schools in June and were held once a week throughout
the summer until the opening of schools for the fall term.
A total of 262 boys and girls in Statesville and lredell
County attended the story hours, hearing a total of 57 favorite
juvenile stories, especially geared to children from the first
through the fifth grades. Guest story tellers, a different one
for each progr4il. m, were volunteers . nd most of them were loc. l
teachers MHXIKX~ X±~~, recre. tion. l lxx « Ixx . nd church le. ders.
Through the courtesy of • loc. l church • tape recorder w. s
provided and one half hour of e. ch program WaS t. pe recorded . nd
bro. dc. st through the f. cilities of R. dio St. tion WSIC . s a
public service, for the benefit of little listeners who ~ x were
xu unable to he. r the live programs.
The Children's Story Hour was sponsored by the Literature
Department of the St. tesville Woman's Club with the cooperation
of the Iredell County Library staff. The library took the re­sponsibility
of providing books . nd materials to the guest story-tellers,
narrating and doing the t. pe recording . s well as the
publicity.
The purpose of the Story Hour was two- fold; first, to enter-tain
children with good stories and second, to stimulate . nd . d-ditional
interest in books and reading. Those associated with
the planning and production of the programs agree that they were

JI'eJett County cfttl'al'y
349 north 2nter Street
Statedvdle, north Carohna
A Children's Story Hour p~~ gram was initiated and proved
to be a successful summer service at the Iredell County Libr. ry
in Statesville. The story hours began with the closing of
Bible Schools in June and were held once a week throughout
the summer until the opening of schools for the fall term.
A total of 262 boys and girls in Statesville and lredell
County attended the story hours, hearing a total of 57 favorite
juvenile stories, especially geared to children from the first
through the fifth grades. Guest story tellers, a different one
for each progr4il. m, were volunteers . nd most of them were loc. l
teachers MHXIKX~ X±~~, recre. tion. l lxx « Ixx . nd church le. ders.
Through the courtesy of • loc. l church • tape recorder w. s
provided and one half hour of e. ch program WaS t. pe recorded . nd
bro. dc. st through the f. cilities of R. dio St. tion WSIC . s a
public service, for the benefit of little listeners who ~ x were
xu unable to he. r the live programs.
The Children's Story Hour was sponsored by the Literature
Department of the St. tesville Woman's Club with the cooperation
of the Iredell County Library staff. The library took the re­sponsibility
of providing books . nd materials to the guest story-tellers,
narrating and doing the t. pe recording . s well as the
publicity.
The purpose of the Story Hour was two- fold; first, to enter-tain
children with good stories and second, to stimulate . nd . d-ditional
interest in books and reading. Those associated with
the planning and production of the programs agree that they were